预先

yù xiān · yu xian

Traditional 預先

Meaning

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  1. beforehand; in advance

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2 examples
01

凡(fán)事(shì)要(yào)预(yù)先(xiān)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)好(hǎo)。

Forewarned is forearmed.

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02

会(huì)议(yì)的(de)时(shí)间(jiān)已(yǐ)经(jīng)预(yù)先(xiān)通(tōng)知(zhī)了(le)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)员(yuán)工(gōng)。

The meeting time was notified to all employees in advance.

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